Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- Biography -
- Edward Harold Clayton -

ISLE OF WIGHT MERCURY

Friday, March 2, 1917 Page 1

Mr. Edward Clayton, son of the Rev. A.P. Clayton, joined the Army this week on attaining military age. He is the fifth son of the Vicar of Holy Trinity now serving.

ISLE OF WIGHT MERCURY

Friday, September 6, 1918 Page 2

It is reported that Second-Lieut. Edward Clayton, son of the Rev. A.P. and Mrs. Clayton, who was recently said to be missing, is wounded and a prisoner of war in Germany.

Friday, October 4, 1918 Page 2

The news of the death of Lieut. Edward Clayton, R.A.F., son of the Rev. A.P. and Mrs. Clayton, has caused the deepest regret among the many friends of the family here and elsewhere. He was reported missing some time ago.

ISLE OF WIGHT MERCURY

Friday, October 18, 1918 Page 3

Ventnor District Council.
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When the Councillors had taken their seats, the Chairman said: Before we begin the business, gentlemen, I have to call your attention to the death of the son of Mr. Martin Draper, who was missing on the 22nd March and has since been reported as having died and been buried in the enemy's country. We have also heard with regret of the death of Lieut. Edward Clayton, son of the Rev. A.P. and Mrs. Clayton, who you will remember was reported wounded and in hospital in Germany and has since been reported as having died. I am sure we shall extend to them our very sincere sympathy in their great trouble. First in the terrible anxiety when their children were reported missing and then when the sad news was received that they were dead. I have further to ask you to record your sympathy with the relatives of Pte. Percy Gatrell, of Upper Ventnor, who was killed in action. He was 20 years of age and worked as a gardener at Winterbourne. We regret also to hear that Pte. Harold Smith, grandson of Mrs. Smith, Ocean View, has been killed in France, and I am sure we regret to hear that the brother of Mr. Russell, editor of the I.W. Mercury, has also paid the great sacrifice. At a time like this when the possibility of peace is before us, we feel more keenly how sad it is that the war should go on and that these daily losses should occur. But of course we are all desirous of ending the war to make a just and proper protection to all people in Europe and elsewhere and, therefore, however sad and however casual it may be to the nation, I am sure we shall all feel that for the sake of those who have paid the great sacrifice it is our duty to persevere and accomplish what we have set our hands to do. (Hear, hear).
A letter was read from Mrs. L. Benham thanking the Council for their sympathy in the loss of her husband.
(not all the report has been transcribed)

ISLE OF WIGHT MERCURY

Friday, November 22, 1918 Page 3

Ventnor District Council.
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... The Council on the motion of the Chairman, passed votes of condolence with the relatives of Ptes. E. McGonnell, W. Scovell, A.A. Farrow, and Sapper Harold Jenkins. Letters acknowledging the Council's sympathy were read from the Rev. A.P. Clayton, Mrs. Smith, &c.
(not all the report has been transcribed)

ISLE OF WIGHT MERCURY

Friday, August 17, 1945 Page 2

DEATH
CLAYTON. - On August 12, 1945, at Shanklin, Mary Georgina, widow of the late Rev. Arthur P. Clayton, M.A., for 30 years Vicar of Holy Trinity Church, Ventnor, Isle of Wight.